Stand for tying shooks.



G. BIKENB URG.

STAND FOR TYING srroozs. APPLICATION FILED 8311326, 1907.

-. PATENTED PER-1s, 1903.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE EIKENBURG, OF ANAGORTES, WASHINGTON.

STAND FOR TYING sno oxs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed September 26. 1907- Serial No. 394.775,

. or support of convenient height from which rises a centrally located post, and supported by the stand and turning about the post is a frame from each side of which project parallel fingers in position to hold the component parts of the shook while being tied.

. By providing the rotative part of the stand with oppositely projecting fingers or arms it is possible to pile the component parts of a shook upon one set of arms while the shook already placed upon the other set of arms is being tied. In this manner an operator on one side of the standmay be employed in placing the several parts of a box shook upon the arms during the time another operator on the other side of the stand is tying together the parts, and when the parts have been suitably tied and the first-named operator has finished piling the untied parts upon the opposite side of the stand, then the carrying portion of the stand may be turned about its pivot to bring the untied shook into position for the second operator to do the tying.

Thus two operators may rapidly assemblethe component parts of a shook and tie them securely.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this speci-- fication, 1n wh eh,

Figure rise perspective view of the improved shook tying stand; and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the same, with arts in elevation. Q

Referring to the drawings} there is shown a base 1 mounted upon feet 2. The basel may be heayiy and if need bejnay be a solid block, whil'e'the feet 2- may be separated sufficiently to give a broad foundation for the base. If the base 1 be made of wood thenfitmay be a solid block, but if made of i for removalfrom the stand and metal the Weight of the material will be sufficient to make the base firm enough for the purposes of the invention without the necessity of making it solid.

Rising from the top of the base at a central point thereon is a pivot, 0st 3 having its upper end 4 reduced. .Miiunted upon this post is a frame 5 having its bottom member 6 centrally perforated, as shown at 7, and its top member 8 also centrally perforated, as shown at 9, to fit over the ivot post 3, the lower perforation 7 being arge enough to encircle the base of the post and the upper perforation 9 receiving the reduced and 4 of the post] The bottom portion 6 rests upon the top of the base 1 which is made flat for the purpose. The frame 5 may thereforebe rotated entirely around the post 3, being firmly supported thereby. The bottom 6 is extended-laterally from the side members of the frame 5, as shown at 10, and these side members are extended into parallel arms 11 located coincident with the side extensions 10 and projecting in opposite directions from the frame 5. These arms 11 have their free ends rounded and curved slightly upward, as best shown in Fig. 2.

Now, let it be assumed that the component parts of a box shook are placed upon a pair of arms 3 1 These component parts may be iled up against the frame 5, being supported y the arms 11, until all the parts composing the shook have been placed upon a pair of arms 11, the curved form of these arms aiding in supporting said component parts. When the several parts making up a shook have been assembled upon a pair of arms 11 the tying strands may then be passed around them and the shook be thus com leted ready or transportation.

By having two sets ofoppositely projecting arms 11 an operator may place the untied shook components upon one set of arms while another operator on the opposite side of the stand is tying a shook bundle so laced. When each operator has completed t e particular art of his task the completed bundle or shook may be removed and the stand rotated upon its pivot to bring the untied shook before the operator whose duty it is to do the tying, while the arms from W ieh the completed bundle has already been removed are brought. into position for the other operator to place the untied shook component thereupon.

While in the foregoing description the de vice has been described as a box shook tying stand it is adapted to the tying of other t pes of shooks, such, for instance, as cask si iooks, or furniture shooks.

I claim:-- v

1. A shook tying stand comprising a suitable base, and a member supported by said base and provided with substantially horizontally projecting carrying arms below its upper end, said member being rotatable in a horizontal plane upon said base about a vertical axis, and its upper end coacting with the arms to hold. shooks while being tied.

2. A shook tying stand comprising a base or support having an upright pivot post thereon, a frame mounted on said post and supported on the top of the base for rotation in a horizontal plane, and parallel shooksupporting arms projecting in a substantially horizontal plane from said frame, below its up er end, the framekand arms coacting to ho d shooks While being tied.

3. A shook tying stand comprising a base or support provided with an upwardly-ere tending centrally-located pivot post, a frame mounted on the top of said base and receiving said pivot post and rotatable in a horizontal plane about the latter, said frame being provided with pairs of oppositely projecting .iorizontal spaced arms.

r 4. A shook tying stand comprising a suit able base or support, a pivot post rising therefrom, a frame. supported by said base and rotatable about the pivot post, said frame being provided with pairs of curved l spaced arms projecting from opposite sides of the frame andlying in a substantially horizontal plane.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. GEORGE EIKENBURG Witnesses:

R. P. WHIs'rER, M. II. MURRAY. 

